Thread: The music maketh the movie...

Rocky horror picture show!

You want to talk Henry Mancini? Yes. Another great movie soundtrack composer.
I loved the movie "Hatari".
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G__P3FjAtEk"]hatari trailer.avi - YouTube[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvSjN-QSurE"]Baby Elephant Walk (piano solo) Hatari soundtrack - Henry Mancini.wmv - YouTube[/ame]
Got that one on vinyl too.

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

"Also sprach Zarathustra" was composed by Richard Strauss. "The Blue Danube" was composed by Johann Strauss. Can't recollect who composed the rest.
I have that sound track on vinyl as well.

Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

You mean Also Sprach Zarathustra?
It's by Richard Strauss

EDIT: Whoops, Mick beat me to it.

That's the one! I could have just Googled it, but I knew someone would know exactly what it was called, and who wrote it.

Looking back at my posts, it seems all my choices are 20+ years old. Does that mean no good movies soundtracks have been released in the last 2 decades.

Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

I'm surprised they allowed that to be shown, I thought they might be worried about offending people

Nah. I've watched a few films that have been MA15+ in violent/offensive content on Qantas flights. Understandably, they don't play anything with huge amounts of nudity or sex, but a bit of blood and guts is fair play.

Try flying Air China for an interesting movie collection.

Originally Posted by sheerluck

Try flying Air China for an interesting movie collection.

I'd rather make it to my destination alive

What about Quincy Jones and the Austin Powers theme?

Dead Man, with Neil Young playing guitar

Originally Posted by Vern

Dead Man, with Neil Young playing guitar

Johnny Depp. Never seen him in a bad movie. Must look out for that one.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fi-S9lrnLZ8"]Neil Young - Dead Man Theme (long version) - YouTube[/ame]

I thought Richard Gibbs music was used to great effect in David Eick's and Ronald D Moore's version of the TV series "Battlestar Galactica".
Loved the TV series.

What about Mike Post and the theme for Magnum PI